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Viking_Hippie ,

tested his bid to be the “most pro-labor” president.

Pretty sure that taking away the right to strike from the railway workers killed THAT ridiculous lie already.

On the advice of people much more pro labor than him, he made a great choice for head of NLRB who’s much more pro labor than him. Let’s stop pretending that makes HIM the most pro labor ever.

fmstrat ,

You should read on this. Biden made good on his word and railway workers demands were met, without impacting consumers. It was a good strategy for all involved unless I’m missing something.

There was an article recently about Biden not getting credit for everything his administration has accomplished, exactly because of situations like this.

burntbutterbiscuits ,

False

Sconrad122 ,

I reinforced Reagan’s precedent that workers’ right to strike is contingent on the effect to the economy that the strike would have, which is a blow to the strength of unions and to the possibility of a general strike, regardless of the results achieved for this set of workers. Not to mention that we don’t know if the unions could have got an even better deal if they had successfully engaged in the strike. Making good on his word helps to soften the blow, but it doesn’t erase it entirely

Viking_Hippie ,

Biden made good on his word and railway workers demands were met

Bullshit. Other people in the administration who are actually pro labor picked up the pieces after he had strongarmed Congress into taking away their right to strike. And even then, they had to settle for a piss-poor agreement since their most effective weapon had been taken away from them.

It was a good strategy for all involved unless I’m missing something.

You’re missing a lot.

There was an article recently about Biden not getting credit for everything his administration has accomplished

First of all: good. The media’s obsession with giving bosses the credit for the work of others is nauseating and Presidential administrations are no exception

Second: if anything, the likes of Politico, NYT, WaPo, HuffPost etc have EXAGGERATED the accomplishments of him and the rest of the party leadership and interpreted everything they do in the most charitable light possible, like they always do.

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